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Gem Chat with Alotta Diamonds: 2015 Pearl Trends

Pearl prices and keen demand rise across the globe while supplies dramatically decrease due to natural causes and high farming costs.

February's Birthstone - The Empowering Amethyst

Amethyst is the purple variety of the mineral quartz, and the most prized quartz variety. Prior to the 1800s, amethyst was rare and valued akin to ruby, sapphire and emerald....

Gem Chat: January's Birthstone - the Diverse, ...

   Garnet, January’s birthstone, is one of the most diverse gemstones. Garnets are not a single gem type, but rather a wide variety of closely-related minerals that form the Garnet...

A December Birthstone: The Radiant and Charmin...

December is another lucky month with two birthstones: Turquoise and Zircon. This newsletter discusses zircon as the lesser-known stone.  In today's marketplace, Zircon comes in many colors, including green, yellow,...

Citrine - A warm & Sunny November Birthstone

November has two birthstones: citrine and topaz. Before the development of modern technology to facilitate differentiation between similar gems, citrine was often confused with topaz due to their similar color...

October's Birthstone of Strength: Pink Tourmaline

October is a month with two birthstones: Opal and Tourmaline. Opal is often associated with hope and tourmaline with strength. Each gem is worthy of separate presentation, and we look...